Digital Course: Church Planting Primer (Ben Connelly)

So you want to plant a church?

To some, church planting can seem like the varsity, “A-Team” of Christian ministry. For others, the term feels so daunting you’d never consider it. Perhaps you feel a stirring from God, or have been asked to join a planting team. Or perhaps you just want to learn a little more about the concept of planting.

Over the 11 sessions, Ben Connelly (Founder of The Equipping Group) helps us consider some of the key starting points for considering planting a church. Ben has planted four churches and trained dozens of planters in various contexts, having led church planting residencies for various organizations across North America. He’s learned a lot (often the hard way!) and in this course, he helps answer some of the biggest questions potential church planters need to ask.

Each session involves a brief training video, as well as follow-up work to make the content personal and tangible. Certainly a course like this cannot plumb the depths of church planter training, but The Equipping Group’s hope is that it serves you well, as a first step overview — a true “primer” — for the idea of church planting.

Details about Digital Courses

Once you complete your payment, you’ll receive an email with a link to the full Digital Course. The link never expires, so you can participate in this course at your own pace.

While we ask that you not share the link beyond your close circles, we strongly believe in groups of people being equipped together — that’s even inherent in our organization’s name! So when you purchase a Digital Course, we hope you’ll engage it with a few other trusted folks: a spouse, potential church planting teammates, a sending church, and/or staff.

Finally, we never want finances to prohibit you from being equipped. Our “pay-what-you-can” policy invites you to apply for a scholarship if you can’t afford the price of the course. It’s our honor to serve you as you consider the realities of planting a church.